Fading Starlight
Mom, heartbroken, tried to reach for her hand, but Autumn pulled away.
She continued, "I grew up terrified of everything in the countryside. If it hadn't been for Gingy, Franklin would have destroyed me long ago… So, now I have to stand up. I want Gingy to leave this world with her name clean!"
The moment she finished, Dad kicked Franklin, who was kneeling on the ground, over. "Unforgivable!"
Franklin looked up at Autumn and yelled, "Then, why did you still go through with the wedding?!"
Autumn met his gaze, then turned towards the live broadcast camera in the distance, a faint smile playing on her lips. "If I hadn't," she said, her voice carrying a chilling calm, "how would the whole countr